Controlling Variability to Increase Accuracy in the BET Assay

The active component of reagents for the Bacterial Endotoxins Test (BET) is derived from the circulating blood cells of one of several species of horseshoe crabs including Limulus polypemus, Tachypleus tridentatus, Tachypleus giga or Carsinoscopius rotundicauda. Although one commercially available r...